For the Philippine government, Malaysian terrorist Marwan is a high-value target. Even the former Officer-in-Charge of the Special Action Force, Chief Supt. Noli Talino, said Marwan's death was worth the major loss of lives in the operation. But if you ask an Indonesian-based think-tank, Marwan was not a top-level terrorist.

The House Ad hoc Committee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law again delays the deliberations on the measure.
Ad Hoc Committee Chair Rufus Rodriguez said they decided to move the date to April 6 after the PNP's Board of Inquiry sought more time to submit its report on the Mamasapano clash. He says the BBL must provide a clear chain of command for the police forces that will be assigned in the area. Rodriguez also says misencounters might happen again if there is confusion about this.

Political analyst Edmund Tayao says a prayer gathering with another religious group, instead of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines doesn't speak well of President Aquino. Some Catholic bishops have called for the President's resignation in the wake of the Mamasapano incident.

It's been said that the Philippines could have more islands depending on tide conditions. Dasol, Pangasinan boasts of one area that could support this claim and it is referred to as a 'sinking island'.

Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta (SOMN) Fra' Matthew Festing is in the Philippines for a seven-day official visit. According to the DFA, the visit affirms the two nations' commitment to strengthening bilateral relations. Festing also checked on their donation of core shelters in Basey, Samar and Cebu. To tell us more about this, joining us in the studio, Grand Chancellor of Order of Malta, His Excellency Albrecht Von Boeselager.

Various forms of aid worth tens of millions of pesos have been poured into areas devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda.
But a theater group at a university in Iloilo has found a cost-effective way to help typhoon survivors, they even got an award for it.

Excellence in using communication as a business strategy is the gold standard. That's the bar the International Association of Business Communicators-Philippines recently raised when it recognized the finest in the field of business communication in the recently concluded 13th Philippine Quill Awards.

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[CITYSCAPE] 2015 marks an important milestone for the city of Manila as it celebrates 70 years of liberation from the Japanese war. With various activities line up, the celebration was capped with the re-staging of Manila Symphony Orchestra's 1945 concert. For more of Cityscape, click here .

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A retired Armed Forces chief of staff said President Benigno Aquino is solely responsible for approving an operation that clashed with his avowed goal of pursuing peace with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

President Noynoy Aquino on Thursday reiterated that he is accepting responsibility for the outcome of the Mamasapano mission and asked for understanding, saying he will right the wrongs that led to the deaths of the 44 police commandos .

Mayor Junjun Binay clarified that there was no sarcasm intended when his father, Vice-President Jejomar Binay, said he is considering Secretary Mar Roxas as a possible running-mate in the 2016 presidential election.

Malacañang reminded militant women’s group, Gabriela, that the late President Corazon Aquino has done a lot for the country. This was after the group slammed President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III for comparing his late mother to one of the country's heroines, Gabriela Silang.